CITATION

Del Vecchio, John and Jacobs, Tom. What's Behind the Numbers?: A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery and Avoiding Huge Losses in Your Portfolio. US: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

What's Behind the Numbers?: A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery and Avoiding Huge Losses in Your Portfolio

Published:  September 2012

eISBN: 9780071791984 0071791981 | ISBN: 9780071791977
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: What This Book Does for You
  • Part 1: Expose the Chicanery
  • 1 The Real Risk of Stock Investing
  • 2 Aggressive Revenue Recognition
  • 3 Aggressive Inventory Management
  • 4 More Unsustainable Boosts to Earnings
  • 5 Cash Flow Warnings
  • Part 2: Avoid Huge Losses
  • 6 The Long Strategy That Works for Our Long-Short Portfolio
  • 7 Stock Charts: Know When to Hold ’Em and Know When to Fold ’Em
  • 8 Market Timing
  • 9 Why This Works: The Numbers Behind the Numbers
  • Notes
  • Index